Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-12-10
THE HARPER TRIAL.
Five Days Proceedings in This
Famous Case.
Wiltshire SAYS Harper Dealt in Chicago
Wheat-8rigGs swift, President of tho
Fidelity Bank, and Others, Examined.

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the bank WAC on account OF Wiltshire Eckert &
&C. AID Hoyt: had no account with them on
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nmnrrt ~ 80 r"S ,or s no ~ 40 ,or,
payment and arranged for remainier. The
margins went as high as Ire, but was variable.
We collected the amount des,med by letters OF
ndv ce by draft from time to time as we needed
the money. We collected oil the amount indi.
catcd in the letter Of advice eycept the last
SNO0N. We got $4,000 OF that. Mr.. Green
referred TO his account with the Fidelity M.
tional Bank. which WIS offered in evidence.
The defense objected because of n mem.
oranGurn at thu bottom, hut This was
scratched Of. The account showed that he
had dcnosited with the Fitelitr S1q' 89 Il, and
they drew si0l .G,lSl. The Hovt nccolut with
IRWIN, Green & CO. was also offered by The Gov,
eminent. Cross-evaminel: Hat 10 transac.
tions with the FIDELITY. as such; they were all
win Mr.. Hoyt: don't know IIr Uorper.
Joseph w. Wiltshire sworn: Am a broker in
grain rad provisions Know Z. l.. Harucr Mr..
Wiltshire identified bundle Of checks airnod by
VI shire, EcEert & Co. end ] W Wiltshire <
Co. A check dated Oc'oNr r f.. 1885 FFrst M
tional Bank to- w Wiltshire or order Sllan q,
Wiltshire Fc'-ort & Co.. in 'Orsnd By J W Wil.
shire was offered in evidence. Mr. Wiltshire
testified that this check was used in the Fidel.
ity Bank and was nlaccl either TO the credit OF
j. W. Wiltshire or Wiltshire. Fclert G co Was
not presented to the bank on which it was
drawn. Was placed 10 orr credit by
direction Of i. L. Harper Bundles Of
checks handed 10 witness and Examined.
They chc checks, were used in the wly Of de.
post in the Fidelity. think in every case. as
far as ! can recall, they were deposited 10 Chi.
Caro brokers', our corresDon tents I'm Chicago.
md taken ont by them, ] presume. They were
received as deposits by Mr.. Harpcr's instruc.
tons. never deposited oup without his direc'
ton. I've deposits were for margins on wheat
On Chicago. 9. What do Won mean by that? A,
We had bought wheat for Mr. Harper on his
order. and as our Chicago correspondents re
quired additiona, margin, we deposited in the
Fidelity checks 10 the credit of their bank
IN Chicago. The credit was entered upon
bank book. @. Then your accounts on the books
Of the Fidelity would be credited by the
amounts Of these checks? A, Yes, sir. q, Ho"
did you use the credit? \. In nearly every case
these amounts were deposited 10 the credit Of
som Chicago houSc-dcposited in the Fidelity
There may have been one or two exceptions
whore the deposits were in other than the Fl
deity, but | can not now recall what the eXcep
tions were where we gave a cert
fed check on the Fidelity, certified
by the Fidelity and deposited in somt
other bank. l think that was done once
OR twice. @ What relation did the amount
which you had in the Fidelity bear to the
amount of checksy A. Well, there never was
that amount there at all. The understanding
was, when we gave these checks, that they
were TO be taken care of by Mr.. Harper, ana moi
30 to the bank. g. Upon whose suggestion was
the business conducted in that way' A.. On MI.
llarper's suggestion. The examination went
on at some length which was very damaging &c
Mr.. Harper's case.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 1-Joseph Wiltshire was
put through a rigid cross-eXamination to-day by
Major Blackburn. He testified that the ar
rangemeut regarding The deposit of those checks
were made with Mr.. Harper alone. DID moi
post books up to last transaction because We
could not get acc0unt-sllcs from our chicago
correspondents. Kept account with T.. L.. Har
per Us Mathews & Co; was instructed TO do 81
by Mr.. Harper, He gave orders TO witness tC
purchase wheat; the limit was between 3o)OU
and 10000 bushels: there was II limitation a'
TO price. Had no interest direct or indirect il
the purchase. Wiltshire, Eckert & CO. account
with the Fidelity bank began in March, 1885
and concluded the latter part Of June, 1881
The wheat was purchased in Chicago, and OF
future option TO be delivered at q future time
Was paid for BY checks. letters Of advice an'
drafts. The account with Harper IN the name o
Mathews began in 1881 and continued withou
interruption until the last Of June, 1851 TIT
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